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What Alice Forgot

FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HUSBAND'S SECRET AND BIG LITTLE LIES. A “cheerfully engaging”(Kirkus Reviews) novel for anyone who’s ever asked herself, “How did I get here?” Al

(10 total)

Characters

Liane Moriarty (10)

“It seemed truly frightening that it was only by sheer chance that she had met Nick. It could so easily not have happened and then she would have had a shadowy, half-alive existence, like some sort of woodland creature who never sees sunlight, never even knowing how much she could love and how much s…”

— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com

Tagged: Chance, Luck, Love

“It was good to remember that for every horrible memory from her marriage, there was also a happy one. She wanted to see it clearly, to understand that it wasn’t all black, or all white. It was a million colors.”

— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com

Tagged: Memories, Black and White, Marriage, Divorce

“She was busy thinking about the concept of forgiveness. It was such a lovely, generous idea when it wasn't linked to something awful that needed forgiving.”

— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com

Tagged: forgiveness, Mistakes, forgive

“She was remembering what it was like when you broke up with someone. Conversations became so hopelessly tangled. You had to be polite and precise. You couldn’t safely criticize anymore, because you didn’t have the right. You’d lost your immunity.”

— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com

Tagged: Breakups, Criticism, Awkwardness

“The medication, the hormones, and the relentless frustrations of our lives make us bitchy and you're not allowed to be bitchy in public or people won't like you.”

— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com

Tagged: medication, Women, hormones

“Wouldn't it be a lot less messy if everyone just stayed with the people they married in the first place?”

— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com

Tagged: Marriage, Cheating, Divorce

“Just because a marriage ended didn't mean that it hadn't been happy at times.”

— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com

Tagged: Marriage, Divorce, Happiness, Unhappy

“She had always thought that exquisitely happy time at the beginning of her relationship with Nick was the ultimate, the feeling they'd always be trying to replicate, to get back, but now she realized that was wrong. That was like comparing sparkling mineral water to French champagne.”

— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Marriage, puppy love, comparisons

“But maybe every life looked wonderful if all you saw was the photo albums.”

— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com

Tagged: photographs, Life, Perspective

“Early love is exciting and exhilarating. It's light and bubbly. Anyone can love like that. But after three children, after a separation and a near-divorce, after you've hurt each other and forgiven each other, bored each other and surprised each other, after you've seen the worst and the best--Well,…”

— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, puppy love, Marriage